Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre The 35-year streak of rap songs charting on the Billboard Hot 100 has come to an end. Billboard announced on Oct. 29 that Kendrick Lamar's song "Luther," featuring SZA, had been removed from their chart tracker following a rule change. Previously, Billboard removed songs that slipped below No. 25 after 25 weeks or No. 50 after 20 weeks. Now Billboard will remove songs given the following parameters of chart descent:

Breezy Bowl XX leads the September Top Tours chart, approaching $100 million in monthly earnings. On August’s Boxscore recap, Chris Brown became the fourth artist to lead the monthly Top Tours chart in 2025, coming close to the nine-figure mark with $96.8 million. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, he comes even closer on September’s report, logging a second consecutive month at No. 1 with $98.1 million and 580,000 tickets sold. When Brown topped the charts last month, he bec

AI music is no longer a fantasy or niche curiosity among internet sleuths — it’s here, and it’s already beginning to have an impact on Billboard’s charts. In just the past few months, at least six AI or AI-assisted artists have debuted on various Billboard rankings. That figure could be higher, as it’s become increasingly difficult to tell who or what is powered by AI — and to what extent. Many of these charting projects, whose music spans every genre from gospel to rock to country, also arrive

Drake isn’t backing down from his legal fight over Kendrick Lamar’s explosive diss track “Not Like Us.”  The Toronto rapper has officially filed a notice of appeal challenging a federal judge’s decision to throw out his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG). The lawsuit stemmed from Lamar’s viral hit “Not Like Us,” which took aim at Drake during their heated feud earlier this year. In the song, Lamar accuses the “God’s Plan” rapper of serious misconduct, including inappropriate

Cam’ron has filed a lawsuit against J. Cole surrounding their collaborative track “Ready ’24.” According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Cam’ron alleges that he “wrote lyrics and dropped a verse on the song in exchange for Cole agreeing to collaborate with him on a future project or at least appear on Cam’s popular ‘It Is What It Is’ podcast.”  Cam’ron maintains that the recording took place in 2022, with his efforts to follow up beginning in July 2023 and extending through April 2024. Dur

New Edition is heading on tour and they’re bringing a few friends along for the ride: Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton. The “New Edition Way” tour is expected to kick off on January 26 in Oakland, CA, at the Oakland Arena. The legendary boy bands, with Braxton by their side, will trek through 30 cities. The tour will make pit stops in major cities like Dallas, Brooklyn, Memphis, Atlanta, and more. The announcement came on Friday (Oct.24), in the form of a promotional video that was shared online.